This is the third part of a three-part SMSG algebra text for high school students. Chapter titles include: Truth Sets of Open Sentences; Graphs of Open Sentences in Two Variables; Systems of Equations and Inequalities; Quadratic Polynomials; and Functions. (MK)

This is part two of a three-part SMSG algebra text for high school students. The principle objective of the text is to help the student develop an understanding and appreciation of some of the algebraic structure exhibited by the real number system, and the use of this structure as a basis for the techniques of algebra. Chapter topics include…

This is part two of a two-part manual for teachers using SMSG high school text materials. Each chapter contains a commentary on the text, answers to the exercises, and a set of illustrative test questions. Chapter topics include exponential and logarithmic functions and circular functions. (MP)

This eleventh unit in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is the teacher's commentary for Unit 9. First a general overview of the entire FIRST COURSE IN ALGEBRA (Units 9 and 10) is provided. Then, a time allotment for each of the chapters in Unit 9 is suggested. For each of the chapters in Unit 9, the goals for that chapter are discussed,…

This twelfth unit in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is the teacher's commentary for Unit 10. For each of the chapters in Unit 10 the goals for that chapter are discussed, the mathematics is explained, some teaching suggestions are provided, the answers to exercises are listed, and sample test questions for that chapter are suggested.…

This is the student text for part one of a three-part SMSG algebra course for high school students. The principal objective of the text is to help the student develop an understanding and appreciation of some of the algebraic structure as a basis for the techniques of algebra. Chapter topics include congruence; numbers and variables; operations;…

This is part two of a three-part manual for teachers using SMSG high school text materials. Each chapter contains a commentary on the text, answers to exercises, and suggested test questions. Chapter topics include quadratic equations, the complex number system, equations of the second degree, and systems of first degree equations. (MP)

This is part one of a two-part manual for teachers using SMSG high school text materials. Each chapter contains a commentary on the text, answers to exercises, and a set of illustrative test questions. Chapter topics include sets, relations and functions, polynomial functions, and algebra of polynomial functions. (MP)

Unit 10 in the SMSG's secondary school mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics in Algebra I: factors and exponents, radicals, polynomial and rational expressions, truth sets of open sentences, graphs of open sentences in two variables, systems of equations and inequalities, quadratic polynomials, and functions. (DT)

This twenty-fourth unit in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is the teacher's commentary for Unit 23. For each of the chapters in Unit 23, a time allotment is suggested, the goals for that chapter are discussed, the mathematics is explained, some teaching suggestions are given, and answers to exercises are provided. In the appendix is a…

This is a supplementary unit to Mathematics for High School, Intermediate Mathematics, Part 1. In this publication, real numbers and rules for operating them are examined. The study begins by examining whole numbers and some of the properties of addition and multiplication of whole numbers. Most of the basic rules for algebra are developed from…

This is part three of a three-part manual for teachers using SMSG high school text materials. Each chapter contains a commentary on the text, answers to the exercises, and a set of illustrative test questions. Chapter topics include: (1) the system of vectors; (2) polar form of complex numbers; (3) sequences and series; (4) permutations; (5)…

This twentieth unit in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is the teacher's commentary for Unit 18. For each of the chapters in Unit 18, the goals for that chapter are discussed, the mathematics is explained, some teaching suggestions are given, answers to exercises are provided, and sample text questions are included. (DT)

Unit 23 in the SMSG secondary school mathematics series is a student text covering the following topics in matrix algebra: matrix operations, the algebra of 2 X 2 matrices, matrices and linear systems, representation of column matrices as geometric vectors, and transformations of the plane. Listed in the appendix are four research exercises in…

This is the teacher's commentary for part one of a three-part SMSG algebra text for high school students. The principal objective of the text is to help the student develop an understanding and appreciation of some of the algebraic structure as a basis for the techniques of algebra. Chapter topics include congruence; numbers and variables;…